PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Renato Oliveira (ranked 1396 p4p, 2648 weight class) and Djuradj Brankovic (ranked 177 p4p, 295 weight class). Renato Oliveira has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Oliveira
vs
Brankovic

178 cm
22
160
9 - 2 - 0

183 cm
28
165
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Djuradj Brankovic!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira throws a hook to the side of Brankovic's head but Brankovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oliveira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brankovic.
Brankovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Oliveira is just out of range.
Oliveira with a nice cross.
Oliveira darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Oliveira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brankovic.
Brankovic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Oliveira misses.
Brankovic keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Renato Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Oliveira moves into the clinch.
Oliveira wants a takedown.
Brankovic lands an elbow that stopped Oliveira in his tracks for a moment.
Oliveira tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brankovic smiles and moves away.
Oliveira looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Some wild striking there from Oliveira.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliveira scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira shoots for a takedown but Brankovic saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Oliveira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oliveira fails to land the takedown.
Brankovic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Oliveira scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brankovic doesn't seem bothered though.
Brankovic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oliveira throws a one two combo.
Oliveira goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Brankovic is rocked!

Oliveira shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Oliveira showed some decent athleticism there.
Brankovic pushes Oliveira off but Oliveira dives into side control.
Brankovic is still in real trouble! Can Oliveira finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oliveira advances to mount.

Brankovic has left one of his arms exposed and Oliveira doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Brankovic screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Renato Oliveira!